In article , The Natural Philosopher writes
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I apologise -- my comments were not intended to be an attack on yourself personally but reflected my astonishment that some people (in general) can be so ignorant regarding the extreme dangers of petroleum vapour.
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Oooh, yes. I remember that one. When I was about 15 a friend and I came by about ten gallons of petrol that had had a bit of diesel mixed in it. So we waited for a very still evening and sploshed it all round a test-digging where the M26 now runs near Otford. Set it off remotely after about five minutes for it to evaporate 'cos we'd heard about fuel-air explosives and wanted to try one for ourselves. Damned lucky we were nearly 100 yards away. Some of the saplings it snapped off must have been nearly 2" thick.
You have to laugh really. Otherwise you become a bore.
What got me on that occasion was just how FAR the vapour would travel at ground level on a calm hot day. I was YARDS away. It was an unlucky combination of weather, and timing.
In article , The Natural Philosopher writes
Yes, I know just what you mean...
And the "wooofff!" sound is scary, too
See! I've done it as well!
Let me back up a few more steps before you demonstrate.
Eisboch
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